So many of the things we're told by the government simply aren't true. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
As for my personal politics, some people seem to think I'm some kind of archlibertarian, a hyper-conservative. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I have had no contact with the Chinese government. I only work with journalists. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What the government wants is something they never had before. They want total awareness. The question is, is that something we should… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The charges [government] brought against me, for example, explicitly denied my ability to make a public-interest defense. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When it comes to political engagement, I'm not a politician - I'm an engineer. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There's a real danger in the way our representative government functions today. It functions properly only when paired with accountability. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The only way I could be extradited is through the principle of what my lawyers call "politics trumps law." — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Has the center of gravity shifted such that all governments have greater powers and fewer restrictions than they ever had, and are… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
You don't need to justify your rights as a citizen - that inverts the model of responsibility. The government must justify its… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Governments cannot require individuals, they cannot require the public as a body, and they cannot require corporations to make investigation and law… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The majority of people in developed countries spend at least some time interacting with the Internet, and Governments are abusing that necessity… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
From the very beginning, I said there are two tracks of reform: there's the political and the technical. I don't believe the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We have these traditional political parties that are less and less responsive to the needs of ordinary people, so people are in… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Let's put it this way. The United States government has assembled a massive investigation team into me personally, into my work with… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If you seek to help, join the open source community and fight to keep the spirit of the press alive and the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When governments go too far to punish people for actions that are dissent rather than a real threat to the nation, they… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
While the US Constitution marks these programs as illegal, my government argues that secret court rulings, which the world is not permitted… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Using the language of heroism, calling Daniel Ellsberg a hero, and calling the other people who made great sacrifices heroes - even… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician, and I do not think I am as effective in this way as people who actually prepare for… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We have a media that goes along with the government by parroting phrases intended to provoke a certain emotional response - for… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
At the trial of Chelsea Manning, the government could point to no case of specific damage that had been caused by the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If I and other whistleblowers are sentenced to long years in prison without so much as a chance to explain our motivations… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Society really seems to have developed an unquestioning obedience towards spooky types… Did we get to where we are today via a… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If the government or the parties won't address our needs, we will. It's about direct action, even civil disobedience. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
As I said before, [patriotism] is distinct from acting to benefit the government - a distinction that's increasingly lost today. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The US government still has no idea what documents I have because encryption works — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I told the government I'd volunteer for prison, as long as it served the right purpose, — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I have been to the darkest corners of government, and what they fear is light. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The US government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
All the governments just want to have more power when it comes to economic espionage, diplomatic manipulation and political influence. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The big tech companies understood that the government had not only damaged American principles, it had hurt their businesses. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. — Edward Snowden Copy Share
Much of what I saw in Geneva really disillusioned me about how my government functions and what its impact is in the world. I… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
As a general rule, so long as you have any choice at all, you should never route through or peer with the UK under… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
[Brazil] went to the UN and said, "We need new standards for this." We need to take a look at what they're calling "data… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
You are also asked to take an oath, and that's the oath of service. The oath of service is not to secrecy, but to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection. — Edward Snowden Copy Share
A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
Too often we forget that social and political movements don't happen overnight. They don't bring change immediately - you have to build a critical… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
There was a real choice when [Barack Obama] became president. It was a very difficult choice - to say, "We're not going to hold… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
We've learned that we've allowed technological capabilities to dictate policies and practices, rather than ensuring that our laws and values guide our technological capabilities. — Edward Snowden Copy Share
It's much easier, I think, to protect communications while they're in transit at least, than it is to enforce legislation in every country in… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
If an adversary didn't target our power plants but they did target the core routers, the backbones that tie our internet connections together, entire… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can't allow the law to become a political weapon or agree… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
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